Carlos E. R. wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
On 2011-01-06 09:20, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at [ff02::1:ff08:4ccb].
Try this instead:
http:///[FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB%eth0]
That format works for me.
Indeed! That one works. Three or two bars, both work.
But it is a terrible format!
Yes, it is unusual having an IP-address in the URL, normally it would be a name, but the %ethX extension doesn't work with a name (as far as I have seen). Btw, the FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB%eth0 format also works with e.g. ssh and telnet. It is handled by the getaddrinfo() function. I suspect there must be a way of specifying a name plus devicename, but I haven't found it yet.
Having to add a 6 to the ping, specify the interface in pings or web browsing... Perhaps it is a question of routing tables :-?
It is a problem specific to link-local addresses - if you were to use global unicast addresses, i.e. "plain" IPv6 addresses, there is no problem. If you can assign your own IPv6 addresses to the printer, you could try using the fec0 prefix - it's deprecated, but was meant to be site-local.
What would happen if I modify my bind dns configuration in an unfathomable way, so that the returned address for the printer is the v6 one instead of the v4 one, would I have to write the port too? That's absurd. It is, isn't it?
If you change the A record and make it an AAAA instead with a proper IPv6 address, it'll work just fine. I tried it with a link-local address, and I couldn't get it to work with the %ethX notation.
And where from did the printer get that address? I did not configure it, it was HP, the manufacturer. Perhaps I should configure instead the equivalent v6 address to the v4 addr.
It's automatically configured; the fe80 prefix means "link-local", the rest is an encoding of MAC-address of the interface.
Is there an IPv6 manual for dummies?
I'm sure there are many good books out there, but I can't recommend anyone specific. Sofar I've managed with a couple good wikipedia articles and googling a lot. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.3°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org